Lantern Community Services

Beyond proud!

Partnering for Vaccine Equity At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we partnered with CDC and community-based organizations across the country to increase access and confidence in vacci...

Please join us in honoring Cynthia Hairston, recipient of SHNNY's 2022 Outstanding Tenants of the Year award!

Cynthia has been a resident at Lantern for 14 years, where she is an active pillar of the Lantern Community. As a Peer Vaccine Ambassador, Cynthia helped raise her building's COVID-19 vaccination rate from 40% to 90% in less than a year.

"What strikes me most in working with Cynthia are her genuineness, open-mindedness, and willingness to advocate for herself and others with deep integrity. When Cynthia witnesses unjust treatment of any kind, she is brave enough to name it, and to offer herself to be part of working towards a change."

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BK Nonprofits Tackle Overdose Crisis With Innovative Models Many of the organizations work on a harm reduction model, meeting people with substance use issues where they are, without forcing rehab.

BK Nonprofits Tackle Overdose Crisis With Innovative Models Many of the organizations work on a harm reduction model, meeting people with substance use issues where they are, without forcing rehab.

Lantern Community Services is part of the campaign, and today hundreds of human services supporters are gathering at City Hall. the COLA so we can support communities!

Giving Tuesday is right around the corner, and Lantern Community Services needs your support on this global day of giving!

With the eviction moratorium ending soon, we are counting on you to help us provide sustainable housing to those who need it most!

Click here to make a donation and keep your neighbors housed across NYC: https://lanterncommunityservices.salsalabs.org/donate

Create Hope through Housing Your gift to Lantern Community Services goes directly towards supporting our residents' ongoing personal security, stability, and quality of life.

🍁🍁🍁Happy Thanksgiving from Lantern Community Services

To all our service members and veterans past and present...Thank you for your courage, dedication, sacrifice and hard work!

! Human services served on the frontlines of COVID-19 & deserve fair wages under contract with New York City & State! Sign on in support:

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Back to school and prepared❗

Thank you to everyone who donated to Lantern's Back to School Drive. We are proud to be sending off our 198 Lantern students back to school today with all the tools they need to succeed.

Thank you to our incredible staff who put together student backpacks and hosted beautiful Back to School events this past month to get our students excited for today.

It takes a village to raise a child. Let our effort lift our children up.

We could not be more excited to announce that Lantern alongside our partners Mega Development and the Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance have been chosen by The New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation (HPD) to bring Timbale Terrace to East Harlem.

A stunning design by Urban Architectural Initiative will grace our neighborhood of twenty years with a new Afro-Latin Music and Arts (ALMA) Center and 330 affordable new homes, 99 of which are reserved for unhoused individuals and families.

" Lantern began providing homes and services in East Harlem in 2001 and over the years has expanded our capacity to meet the needs of families, young adults, veterans and formerly unhoused individuals. Timbale Terrace is allowing us to build an ever more expansive and unique vision of home anchored by the joyful expression of Afro-Latin heritage and culture. We are immensely thankful for our development partners, the City of New York and the community of East Harlem." - Diane Louard-Michel, Executive Director at Lantern Community Services.

https://urbanize.city/nyc/post/two-developments-bring-600-affordable-homes-east-harlem

Two developments to bring 600 affordable homes to East Harlem Last week, the New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation announced the winning submissions from a request for proposals that will result in the construction of nearly 600 affordable housing units and a new Afro-Latin Music and Arts Center in East Harlem.

We're one week away from the end of our Back to School Drive!

Please consider donating to help us meet our goal of distributing 198 backpacks filled with essential school supplies to Lantern students.

Ways to Give:
Donate Supplies via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/PHJS9OXTR6OE/guest-view

Donate via this form and we'll do the shopping: https://lanterncommunityservices.salsalabs.org/backtoschooldrive2021/index.html

Donate to the Lantern Back to School Drive! Each year Lantern provides backpacks and school supplies to over 200 student in our supportive housing buildings across the Bronx. Help us meet our goal this year in providing our scholars with all their school essentials.

Every year, Lantern packs and distributes over 100 backpacks for students at our supportive housing sites. This ensures that no student goes to school in September without the tools to succeed.

Help us make sure our backpacks have great school supplies and donate via our Amazon Wishlist:

https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/owner-view?registryId=PHJS9OXTR6OE&ref_=registries_subnav

It feels weird to think about, but school's around the corner. 📚❗️

Please donate to Lantern's annual Back to School Drive to help us provide backpacks and school supplies to over 190 students in our supportive housing sites across the Bronx.

With your help, we can make sure every student feels confident and prepared this September.

https://lanterncommunityservices.salsalabs.org/backtoschooldrive2021/index.html

Donate to the Lantern Back to School Drive! Each year Lantern provides backpacks and school supplies to over 200 student in our supportive housing buildings across the Bronx. Help us meet our goal this year in providing our scholars with all their school essentials.

Nothing brightens up an afternoon like some soulful classics! See how it made our day at Amber Hall 😁
https://youtu.be/H9gQ3AG05K4

A Karaoke Afternoon: Soulful Classics An afternoon of classic soul music sung by the residents at Amber Hall. Songs including Respect, Clean Up Woman, I'm Going Down, and Let's Stay Together.

We hope you had a wonderful PRIDE 'cause we certainly did. See our PRIDE celebration here at Audubon Hall 🏳️‍🌈
https://youtu.be/sySZ7C9zrg0

PRIDE in the Heights ! Residents at Audubon Hall enjoyed a live drag show filled with singing and dance from authentic NYC Queens in celebration of PRIDE 2021.

Beating Around the Bronx ! Residents at our Vicinitas Hall got to learn how create beats 🎧🎶

https://youtu.be/FGRGxoRAeOA

Beating Around the Bronx

Motherland: Wula African Drumming and Dancing at Cedars Hall !

https://youtu.be/Wk3KR6r62kY

Motherland

Savanna Hall shares some Lyrical Moments: "Where's a Good Place to Go When You Need Some Healing?"

https://youtu.be/YXkUYwkvKOY

Lyrical Moments

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This spring Jasper Hall hosted an event with music consultant and classically trained opera singer, Bernard Holcomb. Sharing his love of music with Jasper residents and staff, this event brought music, dance, and inspiration to Jasper homes and lifted spirits up.

https://youtu.be/pRBkVkBalHI

The Power of Music Lifting Us Up This spring Jasper Hall hosted an event with music consultant and classically trained opera singer, Bernard Holcomb. Sharing his love of music with Jasper re...

Lantern staff moving towards a safe and healthy future!

Join the Network, in partnership with Trinity Church Wall Street and Enterprise Community Partners, for A New New York: A Mayoral Town Hall on Supportive Housing on April 8th from 6-8 PM.

Amidst an ongoing homelessness crisis and global pandemic, key solutions to homelessness and economic recovery need to be at the center of all mayoral candidates’ platforms. This town hall will provide candidates an opportunity to discuss how they intend to address the homelessness crisis and ensure equitable development of supportive and affordable housing in New York City.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-new-new-york-a-mayoral-town-hall-on-supportive-housing-tickets-144502200973?aff=erelexpmlt

👈🏼👈🏾 Lantern staff moving towards a safe and healthy future!

Beyond Proud! Congratulations to Lantern Community Services, Young Adult Transition Specialist, Rhonda-Lee Davis on winning the second annual NextGen Innovation Award!

Rhonda-Lee plans to promote entrepreneurship among young adults living in supportive housing by helping them realize their potential, connect them with resources in their communities, and support their financial literacy. The Award provides $5,000 to support the project.

Read more about Rhonda and her winning project: https://www.ncsinc.org/news-updates/2021/1/5/congratulations-to-rhonda-lee-2nd-annual-nextgen-innovation-award-winner